_________________Did you notice the slight feeling of panic at the words "Chicken Basin Street"? Like someone was walking over your grave? Try not to remember. We must never remember. - mumblesIs this about devilberries and nazifruit again? - footface

My cat is called Smirnoff. I thought it was hilarious when I named her as a drunk 17 year old, I had clearly been on the vodka that night, but now I'm 32 and get really odd looks when they call her name in the waiting room at the vets.

I also have a rabbit called Binky. Pretty standard name for a rabbit, although I've actually never seen her do a binky in the three years I've had her!

People always seemed to be amused by my rats names, who are sadly no longer with me:

Depending on who you ask (me or my ex) Wallace (shown left) was named after William Wallace (him) or Wallace and Gromit (me). We nearly got his brother at the same time, and he would definitely have been named Gromit.Wallace is also known (to me) as Pupmeister Grandbanks, Tiny Dancer, or Love Of My Life.

ETA Some people insist on calling him Wally. That REALLY chaps my asparagus. Its Wallace, dagnabbit!

I fell in love with a pittie at the shelter yesterday named Dove. I think dogs kinda need a two syllable name, so I'm trying to figure out (IF I ADOPTED HER! I WANT TO ADOPT HER O MY GOD!) if I'd just call her Dovey, or if, since the shelter just gives them random names I could just give her a new one. She's five years old. I'm very strongly considering checking out the possibility of fostering her to see how it goes with Mavis.

I fell in love with a pittie at the shelter yesterday named Dove. I think dogs kinda need a two syllable name, so I'm trying to figure out (IF I ADOPTED HER! I WANT TO ADOPT HER O MY GOD!) if I'd just call her Dovey, or if, since the shelter just gives them random names I could just give her a new one. She's five years old. I'm very strongly considering checking out the possibility of fostering her to see how it goes with Mavis.

Changing names is pretty common! My MIL got her cat from the shelter, she was about 2 years old at the time (the cat, not the MIL). Her old name was Sharon, which really didn't seem to fit. She's now called Empress, which definitely fits (semi-exotic shorthair who thinks she runs the world).

My grandmother's cats since her children moved out have all had very descriptive names.

There were:

Girly (who was a girl)Tummy (who had a big tummy)Cyprus cat (fancy word for Tabby Cat)Black Cat (yes, his name was on the vet records as "black cat")and finally Blackie (guess what colour the last two were...)

She's considering getting a cat again since Blackie died, we're all eagerly awaiting a name choice.

I fell in love with a pittie at the shelter yesterday named Dove. I think dogs kinda need a two syllable name, so I'm trying to figure out (IF I ADOPTED HER! I WANT TO ADOPT HER O MY GOD!) if I'd just call her Dovey, or if, since the shelter just gives them random names I could just give her a new one. She's five years old. I'm very strongly considering checking out the possibility of fostering her to see how it goes with Mavis.

If it is not the name she came in with and she has no real connection to it, I would just go ahead and change the name. If you want to keep it similar because she has some connection to it, Dovey would be cute but anything with a similar sound would be ok to, like Nova or Sofie. (Anything with soft sounds surrounding an ov/of/oph)